Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX
Photograph by Edward L. Williams

William Franklin Osborne, the son of James Campbell & Sara Hogan (Coats) Osborne, was born 4 March 1856 in Bradley Co, AR.  On 15 November 1885 at Dresden, Navarro Co., TX, he married Ida Talula Talley, the daughter of Columbus H. & Epsie (Waller) Talley.  William and Ida had seven children listed below.  William died on 14 May 1946 at Frost, Navarro Co., Texas and Ida died on 26 January 1943 at Emmett, Navarro Co., TX.  They are both buried at the Prairie Grove Cemetery at Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

OBITUARY

May 16, 1946
Navarro County Resident For 75 Years Passes
FROST, Texas, May 16. - Funeral services for W. F. Osborne, 90, resident of Navarro County seventy-five years, who died at his home in Frost Tuesday, were held at Emmett Baptist Church Wednesday.
Surviving are a son, Ellis Osborne, Blooming Grove; three daughters, Mrs. Wiley Burns, Frost; Mrs. Mattie Neece, Fort Worth, and Miss Lizzie Ray Osborne, Corsicana; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Lindsey, Mexia, and Mrs. Mittie Bruton, Eldorado, Schleicher County; twenty-three grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren.

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FUNERAL RITES FOR W. F. OSBORNE ARE HELD ON WEDNESDAY
Funeral services for W. F. Osborne, aged 90 years, who died at his home in Frost late Tuesday afternoon following an extended illness, were held from the Emmett Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Burial was in the Emmett cemetery. The rites were conducted by Rev. C. C. Ellis of Frost.

Born, March 4, 1856, in Arkansas the son of Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Osborne, he came to Hill county when a small lad and two years later when 15 years old, the family moved to Emmett where he resided except for the past few years when he has made his home with daughters in Corsicana and Frost. He had been a member of the Baptist Church most of his life. His father was a Baptist minister. Rev. and Mrs. Osborne, his parents, each were 92 years of age when they died.

Surviving are a son, Ellis Osborne, Blooming Grove; three daughters, Mrs. Wiley Burns, Frost; Mrs. J. H. Neese, Fort Worth, and Miss Lizzie Ray Osborne, Corsicana teacher; two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Lindsey, Mexia, and Mrs. Mattie Bruton, Eldorado, Schleicher county; 23 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and other relatives.

Two nephews, Albert and M. F. Osborne, reside in Corsicana.

Grandsons were pallbearers.

Corley Funeral Home directed.

Notes:

• The Corsicana Daily Sun - Wednesday, May 15, 1946
• Submitted by Diane Richards

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Brother of Mexiate Dies in Frost, Texas

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 o'clock at Emmett, Texas, for W. F. Osborne, age 90, who died Tuesday at his home in Frost, Texas, after several months illness.
He is survived  by two sisters, Mrs. W. M. Lindseyof Mexia, and Mrs. Mattie Bruton, of Eldorado, Texas.

Notes:

• The Mexia Weekly Hearld - May 17, 1946
• Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Family of William Franklin Osborne

1 William Franklin Osborne b: 4 March 1856 in Bradley Co, AR d: 14 May 1946 in Frost, Navarro Co., TX Burial: 15 May 1946 Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

.. +Ida Talula Talley b: 6 April 1869 in Hope, Columbia Co., AR d: 26 January 1943 in Emmett, Navarro Co., TX m: 15 November 1885 in Dresden, Navarro Co., TX Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

........ 2 Ellis Baden Osborne b: 19 August 1886 in TX d: 30 August 1951 in Navarro Co., TX Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX
............ +Ysleta McKinney b: 19 February 1889 in TX d: 9 July 1923 in Navarro Co., TX Burial: 10 July 1923 Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

........ 2 Sarah E. Osborne b: October 1887 in TX

........ 2 Lloyd Augustus Osborne b: February 1889 in TX d: 30 October 1935 in Dallas Co., TX Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX
............ +Annie Mae Thorn b: 1890 in TX Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

........ 2 James Anderson Osborne b: 21 August 1891 in TX d: 15 September 1919 in probley in Navarro Co., TX Burial: 17 September 1919 Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX
............ +Minnie Lee Watts b: 29 December 1891 d: 28 May 1967 in Harris Co., TX Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX

........ 2 Mollie Osborne b: September 1893 in TX

........ 2 Lizzie Rae Osborne b: 11 January 1896 in Emmett, Navarro Co., TX d: 9 March 1980 in Dallas Co., TX Burial: Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX; Obituary

........ 2 Fannie Conway Osborne b: 29 January 1901 in Emmett, Navarro Co., TX d: 25 June 1944 in Navarro Co., TX Burial: 26 June 1944 Prairie Grove Cemetery, Emmett, Navarro Co., TX